Sigh.
Okay, here's the thing. I love San Francisco. It is a beautiful city. But seriously, how can they keep electing this woman?? Read it and weep:
While pointing out that it is the responsibility of the federal government to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) said Thursday it is cheaper to treat teens for drug use than it is to interdict drugs being smuggled across the border.
CNSNews.com pointed out to the speaker at her weekly press briefing that a recent Justice Department report indicated that one in five U.S. teenagers used drugs last year, and then asked: “Are you committed to sealing the border against the influx of illegal drugs from Mexico and, if so, do you have a target date in mind for getting that done?”
“Well if your question is about drugs, I’m for reducing demand in the United States,” said Pelosi. “That is what our responsibility is on this subject. The RAND Corporation a few years ago did a report that said it would be much less expensive for us to, through prevention first and foremost, but through treatment on demand to reduce demand in our country, is the cheapest way to solve this problem.
“Incarceration is the next cheapest,” Pelosi continued. “It costs seven times more to incarcerate than to have treatment on demand. It costs 15 times more to interdict at the border. And it costs 25 times more with eradication of the cocoa leaf. This is an issue that it is very important to our country because of what it’s doing to our teenagers. That is the problem, what it is doing to our people.”
Yes, treatment is important, but treatment should NOT be the first line of defense in the Drug War, or in sealing our borders. Oh, but wait - perhaps Pelosi is unclear on that concept:
Click HERE for the transcript of this video.
Yep, she is unclear on the concept, especially since she doesn't know what "seal" means. Here, Nancy, I'll help you out:
seal or seal up - to close a container or space by covering it with something so that air or other substances cannot get in or out
It's the getting IN part that is of import here. Understand?
Good grief.
But wait, it gets better, or worse, depending on your perspective: [snip]
According to the Justice Department’s National Drug Threat Assessment for 2010, “Nineteen percent of youth aged 12 to 17 report past year illicit drug use.” The assessment said that Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) are now the predominant supplier of illegal drugs in the United States. “Law enforcement reporting and case initiation data show that Mexican DTOs control most of the wholesale cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine distribution in the United States, as well as much of the marijuana distribution,” said the assessment.
Pelosi did say it was the responsibility of the federal government to control the border, although she did not believe that would prevent illicit drug use by teens in the United States.
“Controlling our border is our responsibility,” she said. “So, whether you’re talking about stopping drugs from coming in or having a well-managed migration policy, we have a responsibility to secure our border. But I don’t know what you meant by ‘seal’ and I think sealing the border doesn’t do a whole lot to reduce demand in the United States. As I travel the country, I know that kids are on meth and they can make it in their bath tub.”
So, if Pelosi is acknowledging that it is the federal government's JOB to secure the borders, why the hell aren't they doing it? This is her "logic" why:
To solve the drug problem, she said, requires reducing demand. “Let’s secure our border for every reason that we have responsibility to do so,” she said, “but if it’s talk, if our purpose is to solve that problem, we must reduce demand and the best way to do that is through prevention and through treatment on demand.”
Last week, CNSNews.com similarly asked Rep. Raul Grijalva (D.-Ariz.), who represents a district that covers 300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, if he was committed to sealing the border against the inflow of illegal drugs. Rather than answer the question, Grijalva turned and walked away, eventually shouting back at the reporter that it was “punkish” to ask the question.
It is now considered "punkish" to ask a representative why he is not doing his job? Oh, right - in the Obama World it is. How DARE we expect them to actually do their damn jobs.
If Pelosi is so concerned about cost-saving measures in terms of our borders and drugs, why did she support bailing out the banks, and buying car manufacturers? Perhaps the money spent for those little (cough, cough) endeavors might have been better spent securing - that is SEALING - our borders, dontcha think, Nancy? Nah, I know she doesn't think so - smoking all that Hopium seems to have addled her brain a bit.
Wow. Oh, yes, the Justice Department. The very one Obama claimed he was going to have look into Arizona's attempt to secure the borders. That is, their attempt to do what he is not directing the government to do. Then there was his adding insult to injury by poking fun at the state at the Correspondents' Dinner. Nice. So, Pelosi doesn't know what "seal" means, and Obama threatens states that are trying to protect their borders. WTH is wrong with these people?
Well, Governor Brewer has a response for these braintrusts (H/T to Larry Johnson for sending me this video):
Any time now, Obama. Stop threatening Arizona, and stop making jokes at their expense. Start providing the security they need to have. That's your JOB, and a Constitutional mandate to boot. Why Arizona is being treated like a pariah by so many, including the President of the United States, in its attempts to protect its border from invasion, a duty of the federal government, which it has failed MISERABLY to address, is beyond me.
So, Obama - stop demonizing Arizona and start doing your job. Pelosi, learn what the hell "seal the borders" means. I gave you the definition already. You're welcome. And give these states the help for which they have been asking, Texas and California, too, for that matter. Do your damn job already.
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